Mechanical wheeled toy



Dec. 17, 1929. J J. SAPORA 1,74%,269

MECHANI CAL WHEELED TOY F iled Dec. 6, 1927 lllllll Patented Dec. 17, 1929 UNETED STATES iPATET QFFECE MECHANICAL WHEELED TOY Application filed December 6, 1927.

This invention relates to a new and amusing device in the nature of a toy adapted to entertain children.

The. object of the invention is to provide a toy representing an automobile and a means of rotating a tubular member painted or otherwise colored and decorated when the said toy is pulled along the ground, as a means of attracting the attention of a child, and thereby amusing the child.

A further object of the invention is to provide a toy of the class described of novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of my improved toy.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a side elevational view illustrating a modification of my improved toy.

Fig. 4 is a top plan View thereof.

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view taken in the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary View 11- lust-rating a further development thereof. Fig. 7 is a side elevational View thereof. As here embodied my improved toy comprises a pair of front wheels 10 and 11, ro-

tatively mounted on the pins 12 and 13, carried by and extended from the front member 14. The rear wheels 15 and 16, are secured to the shaft 17, rotatively mounted in the rear member 18. .Longitudinal members 19, 20,

and 21 and 22, are secured to the front and rear members 14 and 18, at both sides thereof, adjacent to the top and bottom thereof, as means of securely holding the said front and rear members in place. A block 23, formed to represent the hood of a motor Vehicle is se- 49 cured to the front member 14, and extends from the front thereof. A block 24, adapted to represent the gasoline tanks of a motor Vehicle, is secured to the rear thereof. A flexible member 25, a cord, string, or the like is secured by means of the staple 26, to the block 23, and is extended therefrom. The above described construction is such as will permit my improved top to be pulled along the ground by means of the flexible member 25.

The tubular member 27, is provided with Serial No. 238,030.

ends 28 and 29, secured thereto, and is adapted to extend longitudinally, intermediate the front and rear members 14 and 18. The tubular member 27, is rotatively mounted on the shaft 30, carried by the front and rear members 14 and 18. The bevel gear 31 is secured to the end 29 of the tubular member 27, and meshes with the bevel gear 32, secured to the shaft 17. I

The wheels 10, 11, 16 and 17, and the tubular member 27 have printed, painted, or otherwise affixed thereto any desired, colored design, as a means of attracting the atten tion of a child when pulling my improved toy along the ground. It is obvious that the tubular member 27, will rotate or revolve when my improved toy is pulled along the ground.

In Figs. 3, 4 and 5, of the accompanying drawing, I have shown a pair of tubular mem bers 33 and 34, provided with ends 35, 36 and 37, 38, rotatively mounted on the shafts 39 and 40, carried by the front and rear members 14 and 18.

The engaging member 41, of ring shaped construction, of any suitable soft material, preferably felt, or the like is secured to the tubular member 34, and is adapted to frictionally engage the rear wheel 16, as a means of rotating the tubular member 34, when my improved toy is pulled along the ground. A flexible member 42, cord, string, or the like, tied at its extremities, so as to provide an endless band or belt, is extended over the tubular members 33 and 34, being crossed, as clearly shown in Fig. 5, as a means of rotating the tubular member 33, in an opposite direction to the tubular member 34.

' A similar tubular member 43, is provided with ends 44 and 45, and is rotatively mounted on the shaft 46, carried by the front and rear members 14 and 18. The tubular member 43 is positioned above the said tubular members 33 and 34, so as to frictionally engage the tubular member 34, as a means of rotating the said tubular member 43, in an opposite direction to the tubular member 34.

The above described construction is such as Wlll promote a more amuslng device; it being understood that the tubular members 33, 34 and 43, have printed, painted, or otherwise affixed thereto any desired colored design, for the purpose as hereinbefore set forth.

As shown in the drawings, particularly Figs. 6 and 7, circular members 4L7 compris ing inner and outer adjacent sections are attached to the wheel 16 and journaled on the shaft 17. The outer edge portion of the inner section of the circular member 47 is formed or bulged inwardly providing an annular groove 49 and the outer edge portion of the outer section of the circular member 47 is formed or bulged outwardly forming annular groove 51 registering with the annular groove l9. Balls 52 are disposed in the passage formed by the registering grooves 49 and 51.

The inner disc portion 50 of the circular member 47 is cut out in part so as to novide inwardly extended tongue elements 58, and is provided with an axial opening adapted to receive the above mentioned shaft 17. The expansion spring 54, is positioned on the snaft 17, in contact with the inner disc portion 50. The above mentioned construction is such as will permit the rear wheel 16 to be held in contact with the above mentioned engaging member 41, as a means of more positively rotating the above mentioned tubular member It should be understood that the tongue elements 53 of the c isc member 50, are preferably tempered, to such a degree as to be sub stantially resilient. It being further understood that the balls 52 will strike the heads of the screws 49, when my improved device is pulled along the ground, making a noise, which will provide a more amusing toy.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows 1. In a toy of the class described comprising a shaft and wheels mounted thereon, a circular member comprising an outer bulged portion having an annual aperture therein, journaled on said shaft, screws disposed through said bulged portion and threaded into one of said wheels comprising heads disposed in said aperture and balls freely positioned in said aperture adapted to strike the heads of said screws for making a noise when said toy is pulled along the ground.

2. In a toy of the class described comprising a shaft and wheels mounted thereon, a circular member comprising an outer bulged portion having an annular aperture therein and an inner disc portion having an axial aperture therein for securing said shaft mounted thereon adjacent the outside of said wheel, screws securing said circular member to said wheel comprising heads disposed in said annular aperture, balls disposed in said annular aperture adapted to strike the heads of said screws when said circular member is rotated for making a noise, an enlarged end on said shaft, and a spring on said shaft disposed between said enlarged end of said shaft and the inner disc portion of said circular members for urging said wheel inwardly.

3. In a toy of the class described, a frame comprising end and side members shafts mounted on said end members wheels, journaled on said shafts, a horizontally disposed longitudinally extending cylindrical member rotatively supported at its extremities by said end members, and a driving connection comprising a band disposed around said cyindrical member engageable with one of said wheels for imparting rotation to said cylindrical member when said wheel is rotated by the pulling of said toy along the ground.

4. In a toy of the class described, a frame comprising end and side members, a plurality of horizontal longitudinally extendingcylindrical members rotatively supported by said end members mounted within said frame, axles mounted on said end member wheels journaled on said axles, a band disposed around one of said cylindrical members engageable with one of said wheels for imparting rotation to said cylindrical member, a disc member journaled on one of said axles and secured to one of said wheels adjacent the outer side thereof, a head on the end of said axle, and a spring mounted on said axle disposed between. said head and said disc for urging said wheel inwardly to resiliently hold said band and wheel in driving relation.

5. In a toy of the class described, a frame comprising end and side members, a plurality of horizontal, longitudinally extending cylindrical members rotatively supported by said end members mounted within said frame, axles mounted on said end members, wheels journaled on said axles, a band disposed around one of said cylindrical members engageable with one of said wheels for imparting rotation to said cylindrical member, a circular member comprising an outer bulged portion having an annular aperture therein and an inner disc portion journaled on said axle, adjacent one of said wheels, screws securing said circular member to said wheel comprising, a head disposed in said annular aperture, balls freely positioned in said aperture adapted to strike the heads of said screws when said wheels are rotated for making a noise, an enlarged head on said shaft, and a spring mounted on said shaft disposed be tween said enlarged head and the disc portion of said circular member for urging said wheel inwardly to maintain a frictional driving connection between the latter and said band.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

JOSEPH J. SAPORA. 

